Interview with Room’s 2022 Cover Art Contest Judge...

Announcement, Contest, Interview, What's New

Ness Lee is an illustrator and artist based out of Toronto whose work has been featured at the AGO, the Agnes Etherington Art Center, the Gardiner Museum, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, as well as galleries in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Miami and Montreal. Lee is also ROOM’s cover artist judge (!!!) and offered […]

Climate Action, Identity Politics, and CanLit Aest...

Interview, What's New

ROOM: The subject of climate action reoccurs in your work often, especially in your prize-winning poem “Self Portrait with Polar Bears.” The line, “How sick I am with beauty, / how spoiled of light,” is a beautiful rendering of the guilt that I think many of us sit with in regards to our role in […]

Indigenous Brilliance Podcast – Season 2 Ep....

Indigenous Brilliance, Podcast, The Indigenous Brilliance Podcast, What's New

play episode here In the final episode of season 2, Art Ecosystem members Lexi and Karmella chat with friend and community member Kílila Raine (Squamish Nation) about transformative justice, harm reduction and accountability processes in the context of self care, community care, renewal and growth. This episode closes out the year with an invitation to […]